Chet Chat 227 - Jan 13, 2016
Michael Argast joined Chet this week to talk a bit about the retirement of IE 8, IE 9 and IE 10, a bit of IoT security and lots of crypto chat.
Jan 14, 2016•17 min
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Episodes
Chet Chat 226 - Jan 6, 2016
In our first episode of 2016 Chester and John explore the week's news including the Ukrainian power hack, Android fixes, insecure security systems, jailbreaking the PS4 and Sophos Home.
Jan 06, 2016•19 min
Chet Chat 225 - Dec 31, 2015
In this episode, we look back over the past year to tell you what we think we've learned, and what we can do differently to improve our collective security and privacy in 2016. If you're expecting bad news, then there's plenty of it - but we made sure to look at the bright side, too!
Dec 31, 2015•16 min
Chet Chat 224 - Dec 1, 2015
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and John Shier for the latest episode in our weekly security podcast. This week: daily December tips on Naked Security, a big breach at VTech, insecurity-by design in the IoT, Geekweek, a cybercrime bust...and Sophos Home as a present for the festive season!
Dec 04, 2015•19 min
Chet Chat 223 - Nov 25, 2015
Join Sophos security experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin for their witty but insightful review of the week's security news. In this episode: email security, malicious barcodes, whether to trust a search engine, and how to avoid online crooks during your seasonal shopping.
Nov 26, 2015•14 min
Chet Chat 222 - Nov 19, 2015
Join Sophos security experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin as they dissect the week's computer security news with their usual mix of insight and wit. In this episode: we reach our "double nelson"; busts in the JPMorgan hack; malware on iOS, Android and OS X; get Sophos Home for free; and how BadBIOS is back...this time, on your TV.
Nov 20, 2015•14 min
Chet Chat 221 - Nov 12, 2015
Join Sophos experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our quarter-hour computer security podcast. This week, our amusing-yet-serious experts take on ransomware, Linux security, the Dark Web...and the thorny issue of what smartphone to choose for Commander James Bond.
Nov 12, 2015•14 min
Chet Chat 220 - Nov 4, 2015
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our weekly computer security podcast. From data breaches to encryption denial, and from the latest #sophospuzzle to Yahoo's "crypto witch," we cover the week's news in a way that's fun, informative and educational - all in a tight, quarter-hour format.
Nov 04, 2015•15 min
Chet Chat 219 - Oct 21, 2015
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin as they dissect the latest computer security news in their witty but informative way. This week: encrypting everything, clown computing (yes, you read that correctly!), the Internet O' Things, thwarting state-sponsored attacks, and how to take down a botnet. (One byte at a time.)
Oct 21, 2015•16 min
Chet Chat 218 - Oct 14, 2015
Join Sophos security experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for our latest weekly security podcast. In this episode: encryption backdoors, Patch Tuesday, weak ciphers, leaked crypto keys, the ups and downs of adblocking, a "randomness" scammer jailed, and what you sound like after a data breach...
Oct 14, 2015•14 min
Chet Chat 217 - Oct 7, 2015
Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin of Sophos get together for the latest episode of our computer security podcast. This week, our two experts look into anti-hacker insurance, social engineering, cyberdétente, cyberirony, and cybersecurity awareness. Oh, and a topic close to both their hearts: Why you should never, EVER knit your own cryptography.
Oct 07, 2015•16 min
Chet Chat 216.5 - Oct 2, 2015
Paul Ducklin crosses live to Sophos security expert Chester Wisniewski, who is attending this year's Virus Bulletin conference in the Czech Republic. Find out what the world's top threat protection experts talk about when you cloister them in a Prague hotel for three days!
Oct 02, 2015•13 min
Chet Chat 216 - Sep 30, 2015
Join Sophos experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our security podcast. This week: Shark attacks and selfies, selfies and you, yet more lock screen insecurity, and why malware in Word files is making a comeback...
Sep 30, 2015•14 min
Chet Chat 215 - Sep 23, 2015
Join Sophos experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our weekly computer security podcast. Listen and learn from the latest stories including: the release of iOS 9, malware in the App Store, a lock screen bypass on Android, Facebook's decision to sell yet more data to advertisers, and why the crooks are loving the social network's new "Dislike" button.
Sep 25, 2015•14 min
Chet Chat 214 - Sep 16, 2015
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. Informative, educational and amusing, we spend a tight quarter-hour helping you turn last week's news into next week's good advice.
Sep 18, 2015•14 min
Chet Chat 213 - Sep 9, 2015
Join Sophos experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our security podcast - a fun and fascinating quarter-hour of "news you can use". This week: the cop who stole $800k in Bitcoin, WH Smith's leaky web form, Mozilla finds an intruder right inside its Firefox bug database, and the Dead Parrot sketch. No, that's not right...the even weirder Dead *Pigeon* code.
Sep 09, 2015•13 min
Chet Chat 212 - Sep 2, 2015
Chester Wisniewski is back from Down Under to resume our podcast series, the Chet Chat. In this episode, Chester talks to Paul Ducklin about: Ashley Madison, salting-and-hashing, the FTC, the future of Flash, and the criminal conviction - at last! - of the "Spam King", Sanford Wallace. Oh, and about fraud-fighting ferrets...
Sep 04, 2015•15 min
Chet Chat 211 - Aug 12, 2015
Join Sophos security experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin as they tackle the latest security news in our weekly podcast. This time: a password-stealing zero-day in Firefox; a "grab root privilege" hole in Android; a firmware worm for Macs...and prison for IRS scammers in the US.
Aug 12, 2015•14 min
Chet Chat 210.5 - Aug 7, 2015
Sophos expert Chester Wisnieski is in Las Vegas this week, at the Black Hat 2015 conference. Paul Ducklin caught up with Chester on the Sophos booth to get his impressions. Oh, and Duck asked Chet how many Apple Watches he'd spotted...listen at 8'35" to find the answer!
Aug 07, 2015•9 min
Chet Chat 210 - Aug 5, 2015
Join Sophos experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our award-winning security podcast. This week: Windows 10 updating, Tor's trustworthiness, Xen bugfix, BIND server problems, and get free stuff at booth 452 at #BHUSA.
Aug 05, 2015•14 min
Chet Chat 209 - July 29, 2015
Join security experts Chester Wisniewski and John Shier as they discuss and explain the week's computer security news. This week Chet and John talk about Pakistan banning Blackberry servers, Linux's role in the malware ecosystem, Windows 10 privacy SNAFUs, the latest zero-day vulnerability in Android (Stagefright) and the sentencing of those behind the DNS Changer malware.
Jul 30, 2015•17 min
Chet Chat 208 - July 23, 2015
Join Sophos experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin in the latest episode of our thought-provoking security podcast. In this week's quarter-hour: cybercrime (and punishment), crimeware, the infamous Angler exploit kit, and how the Fourth Amendment applies to social networks.
Jul 24, 2015•15 min
Chet Chat 207 - July 17, 2015
Join Sophos security experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of the Chet Chat. Enjoy a tight quarter-hour podcast where we turn the latest security news into advice you can use - and have fun at the same time.
Jul 18, 2015•15 min
Chet Chat 206 - July 7, 2015
Join Sophos security experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin in the latest episode of our weekly podcast. From Windows 10 Wi-Fi Sense to the Mr Robot TV show, here's 15 minutes of news turned into educational fun!
Jul 09, 2015•16 min
Sophos Techknow - Malware on Linux: When Penguins Attack
Sophos security expert Chester Wisniewski took a week's worth of known-bad website data from SophosLabs and worked backwards to investigate some important questions: Which platform hosts the most malware? How does it get there? And what can we do about it? Paul Ducklin dug into the research data with Chester, and the result was this fascinating and educational podcast, revealingly subtitled, "When Penguins Attack."
Jul 03, 2015•21 min
Chet Chat 205 - July 1, 2015
Join Sophos experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin for the latest episode of our weekly security podcast, the Chet Chat. News you can use!
Jul 02, 2015•13 min
Chet Chat 204 - June 24, 2015
Join Sophos security experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin in the latest episode of our Chet Chat security podcast. This week: US Navy keeps XP alive, Apple gets CORED, Android starts bug bounties, Drupal needs a patch, and alleged megacarder Ercan Findikoglu *will* be extradited from Germany to the US after all.
Jun 25, 2015•15 min
Chet Chat 203 - June 18, 2015
Join Sophos security experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin as they dig into the latest security news in our weekly "Chet Chat" podcast. In this episode: the LastPass breach, Facebook and its new-look photo privacy, our readers react to Windows 10's rolling update model, and the Samsung phones where an update could make your security worse!
Jun 19, 2015•14 min
Chet Chat 202 - June 12, 2015
Join Sophos security experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin in this week's episode of our security podcast. Apple, Microsoft, patching, hacking - and 49 arrests in a Europol action against bank fraudsters.
Jun 12, 2015•15 min
Infosec 2015: "What concerns you the most in computer security?"
We took to the exhibition floor at Infosec 2015 to ask ten visitors: "What concerns you the most in computer security?" We got 11 answers...and here they are. https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/infosec-2015-what-concerns-you-the-most
Jun 04, 2015•2 min
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